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Jeff Burton is 20th in the standings with 66 points and 22 points out of 10th place.

In the Kobalt Tools 400, Burton finished 26th and five laps down after starting 20th. This week: In 38 career starts at Bristol, Burton has one win, eight top fives and 15 top 10s. For point-paying races in the past eight years at Bristol, Burton ranks 17th out of 47 drivers with an average place of 16.2.-NASCAR.com

Michael Annett’s best NXS finish at AMS is 10th, coming in September 2012.

He has been very consistent at Atlanta, completing all but 10 of the 1,138 laps run in his six NXS starts. In his last start at AMS, Annett raced to a solid 15th place finish. In the season’s first race at Daytona, Annett spent a considerable amount of time in the top 10 before being collected in a lap-106 crash. The No. 5 Pilot Flying J Chevrolet was ultimately scored in the 37th position.JR Motorsports

Following his win at Daytona, Tyler Reddick became the first driver since Regan Smith in 2012 at Homestead-Miami Speedway to win in his first start for JR Motorsports.

Reddick will make his first career NXS start at Atlanta this weekend and debut the No. 9 Nationwide Children’s Hospital Chevrolet. In six previous NXS starts at 1.5-mile tracks, he has recorded one win (Kentucky 2012), three top-five and five top-10 finishes. Reddick has made two previous starts at Atlanta in the Truck Series, recording a best finish of fifth in 2015.-JRM

Race entitlement sponsor Rinnai will also serve as primary sponsor of Justin Allgaier and the No. 7 team this weekend in Atlanta.

In seven NXS starts at Atlanta, Allgaier has one top five and three top 10s, with a best finish of fifth. He’s led a total of 30 laps at the 1.54-mile speedway. Last season at AMS, the No. 7 Chevy suffered damage in an early wreck, knocking Allgaier out of contention. On 1.5-mile tracks last season, the Illinois native earned four top-five finishes including a win at Chicagoland Speedway.-JR Motorsports

Last season, Sadler earned regular-season points in each stage, ultimately finishing the event in fifth. Sadler’s highest finish at the 1.54-mile speedway came in September 2012 when he took the checkered flag in fourth place.-JR Motorsports

LeMastus on Atlanta... "I'm ready to get to Atlanta and see what we can do with this Tundra. I hate that we got caught up in an incident last weekend, but that's superspeedway racing. This weekend will be our first chance to work together as a team on a 1.5-mile track. We are ready to get down there and get to work." DGR-CROSLEY is a Mooresville, N.C., based organization operating under the leadership of former Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver, David Gilliland and Bo LeMastus, DGR-CROSLEY is a driver development team competing in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series, ARCA Racing Series, and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.-Spire Sports Inc.

Erik Jones has earned three top-10s and finished outside the top 30 three times in 12 starts on similarly-configured, 1.5-mile tracks.

That makes Jones and all or nothing proposition this week on the 1.5-mile Atlanta Motor Speedway. He should not be used in games where he is among the most expensive options, but if he fits the final slot of your roster, he can easily get slotted in.

Chris Buescher scored his first career top-10 on one of the similarly-configured, 1.5-mile tracks in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series last year with a sixth at Kansas Speedway.

With that as a potential high point, fantasy owners can be very happy with the remainder of his finishes on this track type. They ranged from 16th to 27th in a fairly narrow and predictable band. His overall average on "cookie-cutter" tracks last year was slightly better than 20th.

Seven of Michael McDowell’s 10-best similarly-configured, 1.5-mile track finishes came last year with Leavine Family Racing, including his best-ever 11th at Kansas Speedway in May.

McDowell should be in similar equipment this week and that should make him fantasy relevant if he can score another top-25, but only if he qualifies in the high-20s so that he can add some place-differential points.

Martin Truex Jr. is the new king of the "cookie-cutter" tracks with six wins on this course type in 2017.

Those six victories represent 40 percent of his total and if one includes Homestead-Miami Speedway in the mix despite its unique shape, he is closer to .500. Regardless of whether that is counted as part of the similarly-configured, 1.5-mile tracks, Truex won last year’s championship by being the master of the 1.5-milers. And yet, his best finish of third at Atlanta Motor Speedway came nearly five years ago in fall 2013.

Austin Wayne Self (No. 22 Don’t mess with Texas/AM Technical Solutions Chevrolet Silverado) will make his second NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) start at Atlanta Motor Speedway this weekend.

His lone NCWTS start at the track came in 2016, where he earned a 16th-place finish. Recapping Daytona: Self had a strong truck in the season-opener at Daytona International Speedway, but battled some bad luck and ultimately finished the night in 20th.-Niece Motorsports